Global Patent Index - EP 1248317 A1

EP 1248317 A1 20021009 - Electrically tunable multiband planar antenna

Title (en)

Electrically tunable multiband planar antenna

Title (de)

Elektrisch abstimmbare Mehrband-Planarantenne

Title (fr)

Antenne planaire multibandes accordable électriquement

Publication

EP 1248317 A1 20021009 (EN)

Application

EP 02396038 A 20020326

Priority

FI 20010682 A 20010402

Abstract (en)

The mobile telecommunication device has a radio transceiver having an antenna port and a control block. A ground plane constitutes a local ground potential for the radio transceiver. A planar radiating element located parallel to the ground plane and coupled to the antenna port of the radio transceiver. A number of grounding connections between the planar radiating element and the ground plane, each grounding connection is independently controllable by the control block of the radio transceiver between certain states. The state of each independently controllable grounding connection has an effect on certain operational frequency bands of the mobile telecommunications device. The control block of the radio transceiver is arranged to detect changes where the mobile telecommunications device moves from a first cellular radio system to a second cellular radio system, of which operation in the first cellular radio system involves a certain first radio frequency range and operation in the cellular radio system involves a certain second radio frequency range that is different than the first radio frequency range. The control block of the radio transceiver is arranged to alter the settings of the independently controllable grounding connections in response to detected changes.

IPC 1-7

H01Q 1/24; H01Q 5/00; H01Q 9/04

IPC 8 full level

H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 5/00 (2006.01); H01Q 5/364 (2015.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01Q 1/243 (2013.01 - EP US); H01Q 5/364 (2015.01 - EP US); H01Q 9/0421 (2013.01 - EP US); H01Q 9/0442 (2013.01 - EP US); H01Q 9/14 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1248317 A1 20021009; FI 113813 B 20040615; FI 20010682 A0 20010402; FI 20010682 A 20021003; US 2002180650 A1 20021205; US 6693594 B2 20040217

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 02396038 A 20020326; FI 20010682 A 20010402; US 11459102 A 20020401